Women's Singles Champion Venus Williams Runner-up Serena Williams Final score 7–5, 6–4 Draw 128 (12 / 8 ) Seeds 32
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Venus Williams was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating her sister Serena Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.[1] This was Venus's fifth Wimbledon title and her seventh Grand Slam singles title overall.[2] This was also the second time she won a Grand Slam tournament without losing a set.
The top four seeds, Ana Ivanovic , Jelena Janković , Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova were in contention for the WTA No. 1 ranking . Ivanovic retained the top ranking despite losing in the third round to Zheng Jie . Janković, Sharapova and Kuznetsova also lost in the first four rounds, it marked the first time in Wimbledon history that none of the top four women's seeds had advanced to at least the quarterfinals.[3]
Zheng's feat of reaching the semifinals made her the first Chinese player of either sex to reach a Grand Slam singles semifinal, and the first wild card ever to reach the semifinals of the women's singles event at Wimbledon.[4] Zheng's win against Ana Ivanovic in the third round also made her the lowest-ranked player (ranked 133rd) to defeat a reigning world No. 1.[citation needed ] This record would be broken in just two months by Julie Coin at the 2008 US Open , who also defeated Ivanovic.[citation needed ]
Seeds [ ]
0 1 . Ana Ivanovic (Third round)
0 2 . Jelena Janković (Fourth round)
0 3 . Maria Sharapova (Second round)
0 4 . Svetlana Kuznetsova (Fourth round)
0 5 . Elena Dementieva (Semifinals)
0 6 . Serena Williams (Final)
0 7 . Venus Williams (Champion)
0 8 . Anna Chakvetadze (Fourth round)
0 9 . Dinara Safina (Third round)
10 . Daniela Hantuchová (Second round)
11 . Marion Bartoli (Third round)
12 . Patty Schnyder (First round)
13 . Vera Zvonareva (Second round)
14 . Agnieszka Radwańska (Quarterfinals)
15 . Ágnes Szávay (Fourth round)
16 . Victoria Azarenka (Third round)
17 . Alizé Cornet (First round)
18 . Nicole Vaidišová (Quarterfinals)
19 . Maria Kirilenko (First round)
20 . Francesca Schiavone (Second round)
21 . Nadia Petrova (Quarterfinals)
22 . Flavia Pennetta (Second round)
23 . Katarina Srebotnik (First round)
24 . Shahar Pe'er (Fourth round)
25 . Lindsay Davenport (Second round, withdrew due to a knee injury)
26 . Sybille Bammer (Second round)
27 . Virginie Razzano (First round)
28 . Alona Bondarenko (Second round, retired due to a right leg injury)
29 . Amélie Mauresmo (Third round)
30 . Dominika Cibulková (First round)
31 . Caroline Wozniacki (Third round)
32 . Sania Mirza (Second round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying [ ]
Draw [ ]
Key [ ]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
Finals [ ]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
WC
Zheng Jie
6
5
6
18
Nicole Vaidišová
2
7
1
WC
Zheng Jie
2
65
6
Serena Williams
6
77
14
Agnieszka Radwańska
4
0
6
Serena Williams
6
6
6
Serena Williams
5
4
7
Venus Williams
7
6
5
Elena Dementieva
6
66
6
21
Nadia Petrova
1
78
3
5
Elena Dementieva
1
63
7
Venus Williams
6
77
7
Venus Williams
6
6
Tamarine Tanasugarn
4
3
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
Section 2 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
12
P Schnyder
4
6
1
C Dellacqua
6
3
6
C Dellacqua
1
6
6
A Amanmuradova
5
4
P Parmentier
6
2
3
P Parmentier
7
6
C Dellacqua
2
4
WC
S Stosur
6
6
18
N Vaidišová
6
6
R Olaru
2
2
WC
S Stosur
2
6
4
Q
Z Ondrášková
2
2
18
N Vaidišová
6
0
6
18
N Vaidišová
6
6
18
N Vaidišová
4
77
6
27
V Razzano
6
2
4
8
A Chakvetadze
6
60
3
E Rodina
0
6
6
E Rodina
6
77
N Llagostera Vives
78
4
4
E Vesnina
1
60
E Vesnina
66
6
6
E Rodina
4
3
Y Meusburger
1
2
8
A Chakvetadze
6
6
E Gallovits
6
6
E Gallovits
4
2
S Dubois
6
1
6
8
A Chakvetadze
6
6
8
A Chakvetadze
2
6
8
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
11
M Bartoli
6
6
S Lisicki
2
4
11
M Bartoli
6
7
T Perebiynis
6
0
6
T Perebiynis
2
5
P Kvitová
4
6
4
11
M Bartoli
4
1
B Mattek
5
6
6
B Mattek
6
6
Q
S Brémond
7
0
1
B Mattek
78
6
V Dushevina
6
6
V Dushevina
66
4
19
M Kirilenko
3
3
B Mattek
3
3
29
A Mauresmo
6
6
6
S Williams
6
6
A Harkleroad
4
3
29
A Mauresmo
4
6
6
M Sequera
1
4
V Ruano Pascual
6
1
1
V Ruano Pascual
6
6
29
A Mauresmo
65
1
K Zakopalová
1
4
6
S Williams
77
6
WC
U Radwańska
6
6
WC
U Radwańska
4
4
K Kanepi
5
3
6
S Williams
6
6
6
S Williams
7
6
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
5
E Dementieva
6
67
6
Q
ME Camerin
3
79
3
5
E Dementieva
4
6
6
J Ditty
5
3
T Bacsinszky
6
3
3
T Bacsinszky
7
6
5
E Dementieva
77
7
G Dulko
1
6
6
G Dulko
62
5
A Rezaï
6
0
2
G Dulko
R Voráčová
3
7
3
25
L Davenport
w/o
25
L Davenport
6
5
6
5
E Dementieva
6
6
24
S Pe'er
6
7
24
S Pe'er
2
1
WC
K O'Brien
3
5
24
S Pe'er
6
6
L Šafářová
3
64
É Loit
3
4
É Loit
6
77
24
S Pe'er
7
64
8
S Cohen-Aloro
3
2
9
D Safina
5
77
6
S-w Hsieh
6
6
S-w Hsieh
3
2
Y-j Chan
68
2
9
D Safina
6
6
9
D Safina
710
6
Section 6 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
16
V Azarenka
6
6
T Pironkova
1
1
16
V Azarenka
6
6
E Bychkova
4
4
S Cîrstea
1
3
S Cîrstea
6
6
16
V Azarenka
611
64
M Santangelo
7
6
21
N Petrova
713
77
M Ani
5
3
M Santangelo
4
5
O Govortsova
4
4
21
N Petrova
6
7
21
N Petrova
6
6
21
N Petrova
6
6
26
S Bammer
4
4
A Kudryavtseva
1
4
S Arvidsson
6
1r
26
S Bammer
67
6
3
S Peng
6
6
S Peng
79
4
6
Q
V Kutuzova
3
4
S Peng
3
6
4
E Makarova
0
4
A Kudryavtseva
6
1
6
A Kudryavtseva
6
6
A Kudryavtseva
6
6
Q
S Foretz
1
4
3
M Sharapova
2
4
3
M Sharapova
6
6
Section 7 [ ]
Section 8 [ ]
Championship match statistics [ ]
Category
V. Williams
S. Williams
1st serve %
57/91 (63%)
44/66 (67%)
1st serve points won
35 of 57 = 61%
33 of 44 = 75%
2nd serve points won
19 of 34 = 56%
5 of 22 = 23%
Total service points won
54 of 91 = 59.34%
38 of 66 = 57.58%
Aces
4
9
Double faults
3
1
Winners
20
23
Unforced errors
18
25
Net points won
17 of 19 = 89%
12 of 15 = 80%
Break points converted
4 of 7 = 57%
2 of 13 = 15%
Return points won
28 of 66 = 42%
37 of 91 = 41%
Total points won
82
75
Source
References [ ]
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